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Abstract
Power electronics has progressively gained important status in power generation, distribution and consumption. With more than 70% of electricity processed through power electronics, recent research endeavors to improve the reliability of power electronic systems to comply with more stringent constraints on cost, safety and availability in various applications. This paper serves to give an overview of the major aspects of reliability in power electronics and to address the future trends in this multidisciplinary research direction. The ongoing paradigm shift in reliability research is presented first. Then the three major aspects of power electronics reliability are discussed, respectively, which cover from physics-of-failure analysis of critical power elec-tronic components, state-of-the-art design for reliability process and robustness validation, and intelligent control and condition monitoring to achieve improved reliability under operation. Finally, the challenges and opportunities for achieving more reli-able power electronic systems in the future are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Journal | I E E E Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 97-114 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISSN | 2168-6777 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2014 |
Keywords
- Power electronics
- Design for reliability
- Physics-of-failure
- Robustness validation
- IGBT modules
- Capacitors
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Reliability of Capacitors in Power Electronic Systems (ReliaCap)
The Danish Council for Independent Research| Technology and Production Sciences
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research
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Center Of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE)
Blaabjerg, F., Munk-Nielsen, S., Pedersen, K. & Popok, V.
01/04/2011 → 31/12/2016
Project: Research